Australia passed landmark laws last week to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade and injecting new impetus into December’s global climate talks in South Africa.…
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Australia Passes Landmark Carbon Price Laws
Anglo American may pull investments, jobs
In a move intended to pressure the Australian federal government to revise the proposed carbon tax, global miner Anglo American has threatened to withhold over $15 billion in coal mining investments and curtail 3,200 new …
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BHP Billiton approves development of Australian coal mine
BHP Billiton has approved the development of the Caval Ridge Mine and expansion of the Peak Downs Mine in the northern Bowen Basin in central Queensland, Australia. Initially, this project will add eight million tonnes …
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Part of proposed national park handed over to BHP Billiton for mining
The New South Wales state government in Australia has reached a compromise with BHP Billiton over a multibillion-dollar coal project near Campbelltown, sectioning off portions of a promised national park to allow for further mining. …
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Nuclear news
Rio outbids Cameco for Hathor Exploration
Rio Tinto is expanding its presence in Canada with an all-cash offer to acquire Hathor Exploration, which owns the Roughrider uranium deposit in Saskatchewan. See http://www.mining.com/2011/10/19/rio-outbids-cameco-for-hathor-exploration/.
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Australian coal blasting stopped until risk ‘acceptable’
The Queensland government in Australia has suspended blasting operations at a coal mine accused of having caused toxic gases to fall on a residential neighbourhood. Not only do these gases pose major health threats to …
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Australia passes its carbon act
The Australian government hast passed its “carbon tax” legislation, marking the first time that a major industrialised state has attempted to price, and place a cap on, its greenhouse gas emissions. Acrimonious debate around the …
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BHP Billiton AGM protest, London, 20 October 2011
Protesters from the Occupy LSX demonstration marched from St Paul’s cathedral to join anti-nuclear campaigners, supporters of London Mining Network member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign and others outside yesterday’s BHP Billiton AGM. See short video at …
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Australia approves $20-30bn BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine expansion
Global diversified miner BHP Billiton moved a step closer to expanding its large-scale Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in Australia on Monday, after securing environmental approvals for the project.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=137155&sn=Detail&pid=92730 and
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/bhpbilliton-idUSL3E7LA0FA20111010.…
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$1 million lawsuit filed against Xstrata over Mount Isa lead poisoning
Townsville mother Daphne Hare has launched a $1 million lawsuit against Xstrata Mount Isa Mines, alleging her daughter suffers from lead poisoning. Hare said her nine-year-old daughter was diagnosed with irreversible brain damage after living …
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